IBM takes aim at x86 servers with scale-out Power8 systems for the data centre

Daniel Robinson
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Big Blue claims its Power systems are better suited to demanding workloads such as big data analytics

IBM has unveiled new Power systems in a bid to take back market share from the crowd of commodity x86 servers. The firm claims that its architecture is better suited to handling big data and ana...

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